Talk:Cook Codec

Proposing merge to RealAudio

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Proposing merge to RealAudio, which mentions cook codec. Not finding significant coverage via Google, Wikipedia Library, and SpringerLink, though the codec is often mentioned as a security vulnerability. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:43, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@Kvng What do you think? Cielquiparle (talk) 16:45, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

You say it is often mentioned and also no significant coverage. Those are potentially incompatible statements. Can you elaborate with examples why you think both are true? ~Kvng (talk) 16:54, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

@Kvng Because they are security vulnerability reports like this one and this one. Perhaps we could try to build an article based on security vulnerability reports, but not finding much to verify all the other claims in the article as it currently stands. Cielquiparle (talk) 21:42, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Merging to RealAudio would be a preferred WP:ATD if someone is insistent on trying to delete this. I'd prefer to try and improve the article. I'd hope we could find at least primary sourcing to verify the FFmpeg and Rockbox implementations. ~Kvng (talk) 23:37, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

I don't believe the security vulnerability reports count as secondary sources, and without any additional sources, I doubt SIGCOV is met. Would favor redirecting. Clarinetguy097 (talk) 05:52, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

There seems to be more mentions of this if you search it under the other names (RealAudio G2). That said, I wouldn't oppose a merge or redirect to RealAudio if no additional coverage turns up. There's a blog post that goes more in-depth on Cook, but it's not really a usable source

The documentation for ffmpeg would work as a primary source: , under 2.4 Audio Codecs ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 01:15, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

I went ahead and did it since the discussion has stalled. FaviFake (talk) 15:37, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

FaviFake, stalled discussion is not a reason to proceed. I'm going to imagine you agree with the others and called it a WP:CONSENSUS. ~Kvng (talk) 16:08, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

called it a WP:CONSENSUS.
Where did I call it a consensus? I performed a bold merge, which i've now undone. I've listed this discussion at WP:CR. FaviFake (talk) 16:14, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

The WP:CONSENSUS was in my imagination. I'm trying to be charitable. The opportunity for WP:BOLD has passed if there is a discussion in progress. At least join the conversation before making a move. ~Kvng (talk) 16:51, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

@FaviFake we'll have an easier time getting a clear consensus read if you'd state your opinion. We can assume you support the merge but since consensus is not a vote count, it would be helpful if you explained why. ~Kvng (talk) 03:40, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

I haven't looked at this enough to decide to !vote one way or another. FaviFake (talk) 16:22, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

The text is very thinly sourced. For example, is it really called RealAudio 8? I doubt it and this claim contradicts our RealAudio article. So I would support the merge. Викидим (talk) 13:42, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps it was introduced in RealAudio 6 and demoted to the low bitrate codec in RealAudio 8? Clarinetguy097 (talk) 02:44, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

This is exactly the problem, as there are no sources to perform WP:V. Викидим (talk) 04:15, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Feedback from New Page Review process

I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Thank you for your work on this article. Please add more sources - primarily secondary sources - and footnotes to back up each claim with a reliable source. Please also establish notability as per WP:NPRODUCT. Thanks and have a great day!

Mariamnei (talk) 13:29, 4 February 2026 (UTC)